Dark Net

In the 21st century, most people use the Internet on a daily basis, but there is more to the worldwide network than what is at its surface. This documentary series explores that often-disturbing darker side of the Internet. The dark web, as it's known, was originally intended to be a hidden area where members of the intelligence community could privately meet, but it is increasingly being exploited by online predators and criminals. Each half-hour episode details a particular theme, which include cyberkidnapping, digital warfare, online cults and pornography addiction. "Dark Net" intends to raise thought-provoking conversations about technology and privacy.

Lauren Terp

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Content moderators; a hacker in a virtual prison of the unplugged; a blackhat hacker holds files hostage.

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Children who are forced to perform sex acts on camera; using technology to protect children; a convicted pedophile reveals the roots of his addiction.

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Evolving technology; a Swedish mother implants an RFID chip; a filmmaker replaces his eye with a camera; a man monitors every aspect of his life.

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A cyber BDSM couple uses tracking technology to fulfill their relationship; a bachelor in Japan falls in love with a virtual girlfriend; a revenge porn victim's life is upended.

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A woman programs her dead friend into a chat bot; a Japanese family adopts a childlike AI robot; a mother uses spyware to track her teenager's moves.

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Communities; civic life is managed on Twitter in Spain; a teacher is targeted by a digital lynch mob; the father of a school shooting victim must prove his son's existence.

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A woman's home is invaded by a digital stalker; residents battle proposed neighborhood camera surveillance; life under constant surveillance to punish a sex offender.

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Facial recognition technology ties an innocent man to a crime; a father wires his home to keep his autistic daughter safe; the FBI Biometric Technology Center.

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An Alt-Right organizer urges people to join his rebellion; the parents of a brainwashed teen; a former Al-Qaeda recruiter.

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